Jim Slotek, Special to Postmedia Network

Jim has been a Sun reporter for 28 years. Previously covered TV beat and all entertainment fields. Scriptwriter for NHL Awards, Gemini Awards, documentaries. Prior to Sun, worked at Ottawa Citizen as entertainment reporter from 1981-1983.

Stories

Jerry Lewis died on Sunday Aug. 20, 2017, of natural causes at the age of 91. Here is an interview former Postmedia Network entertainment critic Jim Slotek did with the star in 1997 during a touring production of Damn Yankees.

In some parallel universe, Adam West is not Batman, and William Shatner is not Captain Kirk. In that weird world, they're known as the over-the-top stars of the '60s sword-and-sandals TV series Alexander the Great.

LOS ANGELES - Different times indeed. At a press conference for the movie Power Rangers, no one is talking about Zords or Megazords or giant monsters that can level Angel Grove with a swipe of their claw.

Google the phrase “CHiPs stars hate new movie” and you’ll see stories about how Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox were outraged by a trailer for the new R-rated movie reboot with Dax Shepard and Michael Pena.

A big, dumb beast that, for all its noise, is kind of lovable at heart. That describes both a certain giant ape and Kong: Skull Island, the latest of an oeuvre of King Kong films going back 80-plus years.